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Hi,
I currently use Suitcase and am a little frustrated with it, mostly because I find it difficult to manage client fonts and your own font library and make sure that the correct font is activated. I dont' like the concept of the font vault.
So, I'm shoppping around for other font management software. I'm curious to hear which ones you all think are best? I've heard great things about FontAgent Pro and Font Xplorer. Which do you recommend for a graphic designer needing to manage client's fonts and a very large font libarary (20,000+ fonts)?
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It would help if you mentioned whether your operating environment is
Linux, Unix, Solaris, DOS, or the much rarer MacOS or Windows, and
what version. For example, what runs on Windows 3.1 might not work on
Windows 7, and vice versa.
- Herb
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I'm running Snow Leopard Mac OS X 10.6.2. Thanks.
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On a MacBook Pro
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In the Mac world, FontAgent Pro (FAP) is the font manager of choice.
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Thanks, Tai. I've downloaded FAP and like it a lot, but it drives me crazy that you can't attach keywords to your fonts. I like to use keyrowrds to remind of my my favorite sans serifs, ornamental fonts, etc. Maybe there is another way to do something like this in FAP and I just havn't figured it out?
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Look into the "Sets" feature of FontAgent Pro. You can create Sets for each of your different (arbitrary) classifications.
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thanks! that's helpful
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What if you're stuck with Windows XP and a combination of CS3 and CS4?
Suitcase for Windows 11 seems to be causing issues and I got an email today it won't be supported as of June 30.